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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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